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Found on the old James Dougall site at Bonnyside. Clayknowes Brickworks, Greenhill, Bonnybridge. This version has letters with serifs. I wonder why they makers dropped the ‘K’ and the ‘E’ when stamping the bricks? The stamp maybe STUBAL or SETUBAL. The first and or second letters are not clear. Stubal is a town in Serbia…

This Castlecary brick forms part of a fire place of a house built in 1952 at Rosemere, Quebec, Canada. The photo was kindly forwarded by Nasim Mousavi. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. It has actually been placed upside down in the fire place. . . .

Found in Airdrie. I believe this to be a product of the Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works,Castlecary, Stirlingshire. See below for my thoughts. . . . . This FCS stamped brick was found among many similar marks in a pile of bricks in Airdrie. Also in the pile were Glenboig, Rawyards Glasgow and Glentore ( Rawyards)…

Found at Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works,Castlecary. Unidentified maker. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but…. Most likely it is a product of the Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. The letters could represent an abbreviation for the type of fire bricks or they could also be the customers initials. .

This brick is in the possession of Andrew Wood. It was found in Dunfermline. It is marked with 2 stars and the words Refractaire Superieur which translates to Refractory superior = first class fire brick. When subjected to oblique sunlight the middle mark look like a ‘6’ but this could well be wrong. It may have…

Found by Ian Suddaby in the Edinburgh area. This example is not in my possession. The manufacturer of this brick is unknown. I have included it here as it could be of Scottish origins. UGB – stands for United Glass Bottle Manufacturers Ltd. They were formed in 1913 and folded in 1999. This has the look…